WARRIOR PRO: Warrior Grounds #37 TONIGHT (12/21) @530pm PST!

Like I said before: Love the font you're using this year. The ring and its aprons look snazzy as hell—simple, clean, really rad.

Aoki vs. Christopher: G.P. always brings it, and this was a fun, fast-paced match. The Twisty-Doo Neckbreaker no-sell into another twisty-doo neckbreaker for a 2.9 spot was especially awesome. Christopher put up a good fight, but, man, at some point Aoki just took control and couldn't be stopped. I won't be too surprised if he goes all the way in Block A.


CJ vs. MGM: Oooooh boy is CJ in tough here against the big, scary, terrifying muscle man. 

LOL WHAT the weird Irish Whip reversal spot where CJ just... didn't move then teleported. Wut lol. 

Fun beginning flurry with MGM just beating down CJ but CJ not backing down and coming back with some straight-up chops and smacks. The double elbows into the slap and Koppo Kick spot was really rad. The back-to-back Kotaro Crushers were rad, too.

Ooooh Spicy Drop to the outside, then the standard CJ hot-dogging lol. Really surprised CJ started to take control, tbh. Then he hot dogs too much and gets caught! That Big Boot spot was dope. The reversal on the second Big Boot into another Kotaro Crusher was even doper. Then a Big Boot and the running follow-up is countered by a big ol' chop to the chest! Love it. Never seen that Chokeslam counter. Nice. Even radder to see it hit the second time. Bigggg powerbomb got the 2.9. Thought that was it for sure!

Andddd the hot dogging probably cost CJ. I'm maybe a bit hyper-critical of my own edits, but that match maybe went a few minutes too long, mostly due to CJ just not getting the Fresh Drop beyond the one to the outside. Dunno how much of it was RNG and how much of it was just him hot dogging it. I like that about his character to a degree, but maybe he overdoes it a bit and doesn't go for the killing blow enough. Really hard to say. Didn't like the match as much as the first mostly because it went a few minutes too long, but there were some really good spots, and the dynamic between the crafty, fast, technical skills of CJ and MGM's pure power lead to some really cool spots.

Masterson vs. Winter:

Bigggggggggg boi Masterson over here. God damn. His attire is really simple, but clean, though. He looks great. So does Markus, for that matter, but Masterson just really nails the big, bad, tough-ass classic heel look.

Loovvveeeddd the big powerbomb no-sell from Markus. Double toe kick spot was really weird and cool too, lol. The go-behind into the biggggggggggg-ass move into the mount, only for it to be countered by Markus, and then for Markus' mount to be countered back—that whole sequence was fucking awesome.


The Lariat/dropkick spot was really cool, too. Almost looked like Markus was selling the lariat as getting knocked out of his fucking boots. 

Interference spot was awesome! Especially with the ignore by the ref and the 2.9. Real shame that the lariat wasn't followed up by a cover.

Ooooh big sit-out butt buster into the mount again. Follow-up powerbomb only to be no-sold. LOVE IT. Then a follow-up Lariat kills Markus shortly after. Great shit.

If I may make one critique, overall, of your edits, Lefty, it's that maybe you rely on the follow-up running spots a BIT too much. It leads to some really awesome spots, and I love the risk-reward of them, because those moves can be countered—as we saw in the MGM and CJ match, along with this match, but I feel like maybe you could cut down on them a bit. Either cut down on the amount they happen, or what I'd lean towards, less edits having them. Just because so many edits have them, it kinda lessens the impact of them happening because they happen so frequently. When they hit it's fucking awesome, and when they miss and lead to a counter, it's equally as awesome. I just think that maybe a few too many edits have them. <3

On the other hand, love, love, love your use of mounting prios. The sit-out butt buster into the mount powerbomb, especially, is great.

Edge Hawkins vs. Ray:


Really surprised to see WWE let Edge make an appearance at WPW. 


First time seeing Bama, so excited to see what's to come. 


Go-behind sequence into Jimmy going up top, only to get dumped was really dope. Bama isn't here to play, getting a 2.9 seconds before that. And so early too. God damn.

Ooooh loved the sequence of the Salida del Sol (is that the Salida del Sol? I forget. You know what move I mean :P) into the running Swanton. Shame it couldn't be followed up. Big ol' spinny-doo powerbomb and a 2.9 was a dope way to end that exchange, too.

Was really hoping for a Hawkins win here, but Bama looks like a big ol' hoss machine for taking down Hawkins.

Hunter vs. Mosley:

Mosley looks like if Sugar Dunkerton and CJ Fresh had a kid and I like it lol.

Whoaaaaaaaa. Early Styles Clash into a one-count. LOVE IT. Then a biggggggg ol' Piledriver on the outside! Man, these two weren't fucking around. Going a million miles a minute.

Biggggggggg powerbomb kickout from Mosley! Hoo, boy. I love him already. 

Ooooh triple Germans for the win. The rapid two counts just before that were rad, too. Was really pulling for Mosley here tbh, but it was a really great, fast-paced match. Fun shit.

Wyatt vs. Logan:

Welllllllllllllp. This will be amazing, no doubt.

Have I said that I love Logan's knee braces? Probably. But that deserves repeating: they look fucking fantastic. I would MAYBE make the part that connects the braces matte, or the top of the braces matte just for some contrast, but that's a very minor nitpick. I really like that the kneepads themselves are matte compared to the braces.

Wyatt is everything that CeO should have been. He's honestly probably the best character, overall, going in the e-feds right now. He's a smarmy piece of shit that backs it up really well, and I wanna see him get his pixelated head caved in in every match that he wrestles lol. You write him really well, and his in-ring psychology backs up his character. He's a chickenshit who's proved he can still win via talent, whilst also sometimes resulting to dirty tactics. He's fucking great. Logan's rise has been equally as great to watch, to be honest. Their rivalry is awesome.

Man, these two, like the match before, got right to the point. The trading two counts just before the ten-minute mark was a very rad sequence. Sneaky top-rope roll-up for a 2.9 was rad, too.

Also that DDT into the lift-up Brainbuster from Logan: *chef's kiss* Was that a custom move? Or just a sequence I've never seen before? Either way it was fucking rad. Wyatt no-selling it made it all the more rad, too.

Then the Okada style neckbreaker into the submission, and another lift-up Brainbuster for a 2.9? That whole sequence was just fucking ace.


Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Wyatt steals it! Then the beat-down. Perfection. This is exactly how the match needed to end. Logan looked like a million god-damned bucks, then Wyatt just outsmarts him. Perfect cheap heel shit, and especially in a tournament setting. Makes it seem like Wyatt was conserving himself for later matches. Really great psychology in a short, fast-paced match. Seriously, this or the opener was probably MOTN for me.

Really, really enjoyed the night overall. I like that Block A has some smaller dudes along with some big ol' hosses. CJ was a bit of a disappointment for me, especially compared to some shorter matches, but it was a really fun night overall. Too early to call out of the block probably but I can see it coming down to Aoki or Wyatt as the Block A representative.